Modular scanning probe microscope head

    公开(公告)号:US11474127B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US17313743

    申请日:2021-05-06

    IPC分类号: G01Q70/08 G01Q30/20 G01Q10/02

    摘要: An apparatus, including: a scanning probe microscope head with a frame configured to fit within an insert of a cryostat, and a scanner, a probe and a sample holder all disposed within the frame; and a coarse motor assembly disposed within the frame and comprising: a positionable component; and coarse motors. The coarse motors are configured to move the positionable component relative to the frame along an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis. The apparatus further includes a universal electrical base connection with half of a plug/socket arrangement. The plug/socket arrangement is configured to provide electrical communication between the scanning probe microscope head and a base which has a second half of the plug/socket arrangement when the scanning probe microscope head is lowered onto the base.

    LOW PROFILE TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210237972A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US15733768

    申请日:2019-04-17

    IPC分类号: B65G1/04 F16M13/02 B66C1/24

    摘要: A system for transferring objects into a device inside a controlled environment includes a winch, tool and carousel. The winch includes a drum, and wire arrangement configured to be reversibly wound onto the drum by a first drive. The tool is suspended below a distal end of the wire arrangement and configured to suspend an object. Both the tool and the object are sized to fit inside a device located below the winch. The carousel is connected to a second drive configured to rotate the carousel around a vertical axis, and includes a storage space centered at a first horizontal angle and a pass-through opening at a different second horizontal angle. The pass¬through opening being large enough to pass the tool and the object as the wire arrangement is unwound from the drum thereby lowering the tool and object inside the device.

    Low profile transfer mechanism for controlled environment

    公开(公告)号:US12098026B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US15733768

    申请日:2019-04-17

    摘要: A system for transferring objects into a device inside a controlled environment includes a winch, tool and carousel. The winch includes a drum, and wire arrangement configured to be reversibly wound onto the drum by a first drive. The tool is suspended below a distal end of the wire arrangement and configured to suspend an object. Both the tool and the object are sized to fit inside a device located below the winch. The carousel is connected to a second drive configured to rotate the carousel around a vertical axis, and includes a storage space centered at a first horizontal angle and a pass-through opening at a different second horizontal angle. The pass-through opening being large enough to pass the tool and the object as the wire arrangement is unwound from the drum thereby lowering the tool and object inside the device.

    MODULAR SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE HEAD

    公开(公告)号:US20210349127A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17313743

    申请日:2021-05-06

    IPC分类号: G01Q70/08 G01Q10/02 G01Q30/20

    摘要: An apparatus, including: a scanning probe microscope head with a frame configured to fit within an insert of a cryostat, and a scanner, a probe and a sample holder all disposed within the frame; and a coarse motor assembly disposed within the frame and comprising: a positionable component; and coarse motors. The coarse motors are configured to move the positionable component relative to the frame along an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis. The apparatus further includes a universal electrical base connection with half of a plug/socket arrangement. The plug/socket arrangement is configured to provide electrical communication between the scanning probe microscope head and a base which has a second half of the plug/socket arrangement when the scanning probe microscope head is lowered onto the base.